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Part 1 of 2 By Kacy Martin For Neighborhood Schools: Two Probable Outcomes of Gentrification Gentrification is rapidly spreading in many of America’s large cities and its relationship with long-time residents and their schools is a complicated one. In this two part series, I will explore some of the common and less common effects of the… Read More »

By Dave Reid Teacher quality matters. Attracting, hiring, developing and retaining high-quality teachers is considered one of the most impactful ways schools can improve student outcomes. Because of this, much has been written about what type(s) of data should be used in teacher hiring and how and why this data has the potential to improve… Read More »

By Hugh Potter School discipline in the United States has grown more punitive in recent years. More students are being subjected to punishments for minor offenses than in previous years. As a result, students are not able to benefit from the instruction that is taking place in the classroom. Due to this increased use of… Read More »

By Rachel White Up until this month, the vast majority of research on family preferences in a market-based school system has focused on stated preferences, often finding (via parent surveys) that academic factors are most important to families (see here and here). A new report, however, uses longitudinal data of revealed preferences in the form… Read More »

By Rachel White Previous Green & Write Governance and Finance blogs (here, here, and here) have explored the intricacies of Michigan’s proposed early warning finance system and its close relationship to the Adair case. The bills (SBs 951, 952, 953, 954, and 957) passed 24 to 14 in the Senate in late November week and… Read More »

By Jason Burns Earlier this month, the New York City Department of Education unveiled a new accountability system for its schools. Moving against the current of accountability across the country, this new framework de-emphasizes test scores as the primary measure of school success and places greater emphasis on measures of school climate as well as parent, student,… Read More »

By Jason Burns Recently, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation released its “Leaders & Laggards” report that rates each state’s education system along many dimensions. In most cases, the report’s ratings do not put Michigan’s education system in a positive light. Especially troubling is that the data published by the State of Michigan masks its… Read More »